Tesla Recalls Cars With EMMC Failures, Calls Part A ‘Wear Item’
Anything is possibly, just not probable
IF Electric were so wonderful, Why oh Why are there no Electric NASCAR cars or F1 cars?
Just wondering
Tesla Recalls Cars With EMMC Failures, Calls Part A ‘Wear Item’
Here’s my recent thoughts on the matter.
And I’m not taking sides on the issue but it seems to me that we now carry around these little things on which we can speak via telephone. We can send text messages and voice messages. We can hear radio stations, listen to previously saved music, we can watch saved and live TV shows.
And this little thing runs on batteries that boom, you plug into a socket and re-charge for about an hour that will last a couple of hours.
Batteries were never that versatile and easy to deal with in my 70 year old past. I think that electric cars will someday be all the rage.
I’m betting there were people out and about, even on FR, that screamed that those little cell phone thingies will never carry a charge and will be eventually worthless.
But I do not declare that I am right, just presenting another point of view. I AM asking, just what is the value of electric cars? Electricity has to be produced, from coal, often, via nuclear means at times.
I’m keeping an open mind because hey, I would love to pull into my driveway, quickly put in the plug for an overnight charge, and never bother with a gas line again.
I do believe electric cars will be part of our future. Whether it will be worth it, better for the environment or even cheaper still remains questionable in my mind.
Although they serve a purpose (liberal commuters) I'm not a big proponent of pure "electric" vehicles for several reasons, including; electric infrastructure capacity, limited range, slow charging rate and diminished winter driving performance.
The one positive and significant development in "hybrid" vehicles is their elimination of a very problematic bit of drivetrain....the atomic transmission (guaranteed to blow up) Most cars in the junkyard are there for that very reason.
You can also have AWD without additional expensive and heavy mechanical drivetrain.
The down side of hybrids is the size and expense of the batteries. They would be a pretty good vehicle with more horsepower and less battery (and computer foolishness)
Why are there no Electric NASCAR cars or F1 cars?
Well, for one thing, rules...and explosions. But I'll bet if they could do battery swap pit-stops in the same time as a re-fueling, they would be competitive. I believe that F1 cars are in fact hybrids.
Electrics can have big power. They make pretty good drag cars.
Great point.
Look at the history of the automobile
Electric had an early lead over the gasoline engine.
The electric engine/battery could not overcome inherent fundamental limitations and get to the next level.
Decades later, the same barriers to wide spread use remain